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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1887-05-11
The First English Country Newspaper.

In 1895 appeared the first country
newspaper as the Lancotn, Rutland and
Stamford Mercury. The prospectus of
II Of these early country papers, the
Salisbury Postman, ''or pacquet of in
telligcncc from France, Spain, Portu-
gall" &C., Sept. 81, 1715, ran thus:
Tins paper contains an abstract Of the
most material occurrences Of the whole
week, foreign and domestic, and will
be continued every post, provided a
sufficient number VIII subscribe for its
encouragement. IL two hundred sub
scribe, it shall be delivered to any pub.
lie or private house in town every Mon
day, Thursday or Saturday morning by
s O'Clock in winter and by 6 in summer
for I'D. each. Besides tho news, we
perform all other matters belonging to
our art and mystery, whether in Latin,
Greek, Hebrew, algebra, mathematics,
&C." BY 1882 the number of provin-
cial papers had increased to 80. A
vivid description Of the state Of the
roads in this country in winter time
two centuries ago is given in the fol-
lowing extract from the "Collcctions
for I%Iusbandry and Trade" March, 10.
1903; "Thc roads arc filled with snow.
we arc forced to ride with tho pacuuct
over hedges and bitches. This day
scvcn-night my boy with the pacouct
and two gentlemen were seven hours
riding from PUNISHABLE to Hockey, but
three miles, barely escaping with their
lives, being often in holes and forced to
be drawn ont with ropes. A man and
woman were found dead within a mile
hence, and six horses lie dead on tho
road between Hockey and Brickliil
smothcrcd.n
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1887-05-11
Talking In Their sleep.

"You think l AM dead,'
The apple tree said,
"Beoarso I have never a leaf to show
Because l stoop,
And my branches droop,
And tho dull grey moses over me grow!
Sui I'm IL! alive IL trunk and shoot
Tho buds Of next May
fold away
But | pity the withercd grass at my root"
"You think I am dcad,'
The quick grass said,
"Bccauso l lavo parted with stem and
blade!
But under the ground
lam safe ana sound,
with Tho SHOWS thick blanket over inc
laid.
I'm all alive, and ready to shoot,
Should tho Spring of tho Year
Como dancing hero
But | pity tho flower without branch or
root"
"you ,i!ims :! am dead"
A soft voice said,
"lc:also not a branch or root ! own!
! never ave died,
But close l hide
Ina plumy seed that tho wind has sown.
Patient J wait through the long winter
hours;
You will SEQ mo again
! shall laugh at you, then,
Out Of tho eyes Of n hundred Aowerai'
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1887-05-11
CARRIER PIGEONS.
Their history and tho Manner Of
Their Training.

IL IS not known with what nation the
use OF the carrier pigeon originated.
put there is no doubt that the custom
IS very ancient. The Romans used the
DIGS Tor this purpose, ana Sir John
Nlandeville, one Of tic earliest travellers
from Europe to the Orient. states that
nc found them used in the same WAY
among The Asiatics. We have the asscr-
tion OIL The poet Tasso for believing that
tilcy were SO employed during the siege
Oh Jerusalem in 1000, and il is an I'M
doubted historical fact that they were
used during the crusade Of st. Louis
IN l2oO. The most remarkable instance
OF the usc Of carrier pigeons in modern
times was during the siege Of Paris, in
1870. They have been moro generally
used in Turkey than i'll any other coun-
Try Tor many centuries, and tho art Of
training item Is understood to be car
ried to its greatest perfection tllorc.
The trainer takes tho pigeons when
they have acquired full strength Of
wing in q covered basket to q distance
of about half q mile from their home /;
here they are set at liberty and thrown
into the air, and If any fail in return
ing homo from this short distance they
are regarded as naturally stupid, and
no time is wasted in endeavoring to
train them. Those that do come home
are trained by being taken to greater
distances, progressively increased to
forty or fifty miles. When the bird is
able to accomplish this flight he may be
trusted to fly any distance overland,
within the limits of physical power.
This drilling must be begun very early,
or even the best breeds Of birds will not
become good carriers. 1t is the general
plan to keep the birds in a dark room
for some hours before they are used.
They are then fed sparingly, but are
given all the water they can drink.
The paper OF which the message is
written is then carefully tied round
the upper part Of tho birds leg or to.
one of the large feathers Of the tail, SO
as not to impede its fight in any way,
The feet are washed in vinegar to keen
them from getting too dry during the
birds flight, SO as to tempt 1t to descend
to water and run the risk Of getting it's
message wet. The ordinary rate Of
fight for q carrier pigeon is from
twenty to thirty miles an hour, though
instances Of much nor rapid flight are
on record. The pigeon, when thrown
up into the air, at first flies round and
round. This is evidently for the pur-
pose Of sighting some landmark that it
knows. When this is perceived the
bird instantly flies toward it, M as
other familiar landmarks come gradu-
ally into sight, continues its journey until
its home is reached. II no landmarks
is perceived the bird is bewildered and
lost and finally returns to the earth
again.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1887-05-11
The Paris Stock Exchange.

The scene upon the floor or the Bourse
five minutes before the stroke Of the
clock at 8, not only $ battles descrip-
tion,'' IS the reporters say, but must
positively be seen to be believed. One
would refuse to credit any written
statement Of the mad excitement that
prevails just as the solemn functionary
at his desk closes the record of the days
transactions.
Grave and reverend seigncurs for the
moment become the veriest schoolboys.
The ordinary cool and calculating
Semitic loses his sense Of calculation
and discretion, shouts. vociferatcs,
screams, pushes, jostles, bowls, and
throws his bargain, written upon it's
paper, at tho scribe, who refuses at the
latest moment to rccordit. The shout
ing or screaming is like that in a great
battle ; only the smoke and bloodshed
are lacking. The spectacle is ridicu.
lous, yet imposing. 1t gives to the full
measure Of human littlencss, yet illus.
tratcs n Of the wonderful forces Of
tho human mind.
Tic Paris Exchange lacks the calm
and solidity Of the great Bourses Of
Hamburg, Bremen, Vienna, Leipzig,
and Berlin, but it is m%ethodical, COM
mcrcial, mercurial. Ono feels that
capital is there seeking its true level
that speculation Is at It's most audacious
height that regulations are risked,
made, and lost with. consummate cool
ness, despite the outward excitement
that rumor rules, fact being secondary
and out Of place. Tho wabbling flight
of tho duck has been adopted as il sobri-
quet for the somewhat uns cady march
of the false tales that have 80 much IN
fluenco OH tho Paris Bouirse. The q il
airy has become an international sy:-
onym. 1t flies every day ana returns
to It's nest at night, after having caused
tho mpst astonishing gains and losses.
No ono ever thinks Of s~trangling it., or
twisting its neck ; and on the morrow,
with refreshing impudencc, It resumes
its cratic career. ia
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1887-05-11
THE WOMEN OF CAPE COD.
beautiful Creatures ut 10 and Old
and Haggard ut 3O--Tho
Reason Why.

IF tlcro was ever q bligllted raco Of
women," said a New York gentleman,
recently returned from a visit to Cane
Cod, sit exists in the peninsular villages
Oh massachusetts, which depend on
the fisheries for the support OF their
inhabitants. Nowhere else in all New
England will one sec SO high an average
Oh female beauty, especially in sym
mctry Of form and freshness Of COM
p%lcXion; but it will not take one long to
discover that this girlish beauty and
freshness, Willie unusual and uneXpcc-
ted, isalso in its duration very brief.
The change produced in these girls by
The lapse OF Il few years is painful to
observe. No matronly graccs arc
to he seen among them after their girl
hood days arc past. That charming
middle age OF maturing w~omanilooi,
between the freshness and buoyancy OF
the girl Of 20 and tho woman Of IS or
DO, is entirely absent. The heightened
color Of tho checks is gone, the eyes arc
sunkcn, and yea a constant look Of
NNtilSo thiN ttlINlCOJ. .t StIlJ ulll III
heads over which a score and Il half Of
years have scarcely passed, and deep
lines in faces which should show no
trace of age for years to come, are
rather the rule than the exception.
These women besides suffering from all
tho inevitable sorrows which fall to
wolhan's lot, no matter III what station
she may be placed, have All added
intense and perpetual sorrow all their
own. Theirs is n life of continual
suspense and anxiety, which is almost
certain in time to be embittercd by an
overwhelming grief.
Fair weather keeps hope warm in
many an anxious woman's heart; the
bowling northeastern fills it with doubt
and despair. Constantly watching by
day. waking in the night to listen to
sounds from the sea; whether they may
DO the roaring Of tho dreaded tempest
Of merely the moan Of the surf on the
beach, is it any wonder that the torture
tf mind and heart and the strain Of
X, o and vital force that must follow
this perpetual suspense and longing
destroy the fountains Of youth and
beauty III these patient, suffering
women and place upon them the marks
of age while they are yet young ?
"Yet the girls grow up with but one
thought of what their future lot will
be, with one object in Wow upon which
their visions Of happiness are based.
Go among any group Of these bright
girls, in any Of the villages Of the class
| am speaking Of, and you will find that
nlno out of ten Of them look forward to
a union with some one who will spend
his life fishing i'll the summer and
coasting in the winter. The idea that
there might be any other future than
the IL which is to como to them as
fisllermen's wives or that the life Of a
fshcrman's wife is anything different
from the natural sequence of married
life, never seems to occur"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1887-05-11
The Suicide OF Hindu Widows.

According to a writer il has boon
almost q cruelty to forbid the practice
Of suttee, or the suicide Of Hindu
widows, while taking no steps to defend
such unfortunate persons from the
miscrics TO which they are condemned
by native, social law. The theory is,
rs cnnnciatcd by the ancient Hindu
lawmakcr Manu-, that "a yirtuous wife
asccnds to heaven if, after tho decease
Of her lord, she dcyotcs herself to pious
austcrity; but u widow who Sights her
deceased husband by marrying again
brings disgrace on herself here below,
and shall be excluded from tho seat Of
her lord" IIenco he directs that she
shall ''cmaciato her body by living
voluntarily on pure flowers, roots and
fruits, but let her not, when her lord is
deceased, eve pronounce the name Of
another q Let her continue till
death forgiving all injuries, performing
harsh duties, avoiding every sensual
pleasure, and cheerfully practicing the
incompatible rules Of virtue which have
been followed by nc women as were
devoted to only M husband" These
laws, though laid down nearly $500
years ago, arc still mercilcssly enforced,
and the life of q Hindu widow is, in
consequence, almost u%nboarablc; III
fact, many cases are known where
death from exhaustion and starvation
follows tho attempt to observe tho
prescribed routine Of life. For two
days of each month, for instance, sho
must neither eat nor drink anything,
no matter how feeble may DO her health.
Otherwise she loses ''casta', and fore
feits tho respect and care Of hor family.
we advise all American widows to stay
where they are.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1887-05-11

means one Of the worst. It fourishes
more in IIayti than anywhere else. III
jamaica 1t is very much OH the increase.
There is no doubt that it came original
ly from Africa. Nearly every African
negro in tho West Indies is q firm be-
lever in it. There is u great deal Of it
in Sierra Leone, and there it tlourishcs
in it's worst form, that OF poisoning.
It's home iii tho West Indies is st. Vim
cent. There it is carried to q created
extent than anywhere else, aud old
Obcah men for y consideration teach
the secrets Of the trade to beginners and
mako them accomplished PRISONERS and
jugglers. Pupils Of these humbugs
have spread through the other islands,
and st. Vincent Ooeall man is con
sjdered an expert. There is very little
poisoning done by them in the West
Incl les how (~unlcss it may be in Hayti),
because there is no occasion for it. In
the slave times it always had to be
guarded against.
Some OF The Qhcall mon arc very OK
pert i'll preparing poison. They llave
several kinds, to he used according to
circumstances. One Of the worst Of
them is made from the root Of the cas-
sava. They express the juice and allow
IL to fcrment, and quantities Of small
worms are soon seen in the liquid, one
OF which taken into the stomach is
almost certain TO cause death. One Of
the worms is concealed under IL thumb
nail, which is allowed to grow long for
the purpose, and the operator in hand
ing his victim a cup Of coffee or some
dish Of food manages to drop the worm
into it. In Jamaica almost every negro
has growing in his garden numbers Of
arsenic bean plants, which are neither
useful for food nor handsome in appear
ance, but the beans are very poisonous.
1t is said, too, that q dangerous poison
is made from the liver and gall Of the
alligator. The Obeah men are also too
handy in the manufacture Of narcotics.
They could procure opium without too
much risk, but they know how to distill
narcotics from various plants. Some
Of them seem to have q considerable
knowledge Of botany. They can find
leaves anywhere that il put into a water
vessel will mako the water a deadly
poison in a few hours. Others arc said
TO carry II snakes poison under II finger
nail-a drop is enough, and a scratch
from the nail will cause death in a few
hours. [ have never seen a we'll authen-
ticated case of this sort, but have heard
of them frequently. Kingsley in his
visit to Trinidad picked up number Of
cases OF Obeah poisoning. 1Io says the
habit Of poisoning did not spring up
among slaves DESTROYS Of revenge upon
the white master, but that it was i'm
ported from Africa.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1887-05-11
Weight OF a Reception Costume.

~ black silk reception costume that
glittercd with jet tipped the beam at
thi%rty-nine pounds. 7 examined their
construction to 500 where tho weight
came in. 1t lay q little in the forest of
%steels, to some extent in the balls of
load that wore concealed about the
skirt, and most Of all, in the jet. L
saw a tailor gown Of flne wool that
weighed twelve pounds. Fifteen, sev-
cntcen and nineteen wero tho figures Of
three others respectively. I found
nothing short Of ten pounds.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1887-05-11

shadows crcpt off the mountain-side.
and the tramp Of the guido's footsteps
on the rocks warned the two officers
That it was time to set forth on their
days expedition; and when they
vanished into tic glcns, Clara and
Rosamond stood Watching them.
"For the last time lnsaid Rosamond.
Clara started.
"Why 2" said she.
"Why, because ~ said llosamond.
"Iou will see. It's very easy to talk,
but they will not como back to us again.
If there's anything q a disliLcs, it is
TO sec II woman strike out for herself ,,
"Nonscnse ~ said Clara.
at is true" nodded %ltosamond.
you will sec.
But her prophcsics failed. The two
hunters stopped on their way back, to
leave some squirrels and a tempting
branch Of wild plums ut the charcoal
cabin. The next day they strollcd up
again.
IT'S u deal jollicr up here thal it is
down ut the hotel" declared Afford.
"lf we shant bore YOU" said Dray-
ton.
And SO they Kept coming until the
end Of the season arrived, %garlandcd
about with still night frosts, scarlet
leaves and stcalthlly-dropping nuts.
"Do you know" said Afford.
fully, ''thc regiment is ordered to Ari-
iona And I've got to report at head
quarters next wcck.o
Rosamond viewed him with sympa-
thetic eyes.
SIS Arizona SO very bad ~ said she.
"I-I shouldn't mind it," stammcrcd
the young officer, eff you were going
with me. Tell me, Rosa, would-would
you be willing to go to Arizona for my
sake ?n
"But," faltercd Rosamond, "what
would Clara say to my leaving her,
when we've always been in a sort OF
partnership, you know ~
Captain Affords arm stole softly
around Miss Rayforth's trim waist.
"But suppose you form a ne,o partner
ship ?" said he. "As for Miss Seton
why there's Drayton worships the very
ground she walks OH, you know.
Come! about Arizona ? 1t would be
the Garden of. Eden to me if you were
there. Wont you say yes, dca,
Rosamond ?"
And how Rosamond and Clara re-
joiced i'll spirit that they had saved up
enough money from the proceeds Of
their summer campaign to buy two neat
little NouSseauG!
"Aftcr ALL, sad Rosamond, joyfully,
there is nothing like being indcpend-
emit"
"%IIarry says" whispered Clara, that
l never looked SO we'll in my life as
when l stood there hanging out clothes
| on tho mountain side"
"And VIII Declares" added Rosa
mond, "that he fell in love with me
when 1 tried to lift tho big kettle of
tho fire, and couldn't. Dear Clara,
what fortunate girls we are !"
"And what happy girls we are ~
cried Clara.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1887-05-11

All history is only tho precepts or
moral philosophy reduced into exam
pies.
There are now III this country moro
han 225, 900 patents for Inventions.
The Irish standard., 1887-02-26
JUN i Z. ID NI&I11o.
Plaintiff s Attorney, liz Hennepin Avenue
NOTIOE OF MORTGAGE SAFE.

WHEREAS, default has been made e. in tn. the
gage, made and executed by William L.. + lein
John u. Atwater, mortgage, dated the 25th
day ofJuly, 1855, and recorded in the Office of
the Register Of Deeds of the county of Henne-
gust, 1885, at II o'clock II. ,n:, in book 1872 Of
mortgages, page Sos: and, whereas, said
mortgage, on the 9th day Of October. 1885, was
duly assigned to David z. Ahern by assign
Register Of Deeds on the 27th day of Novern-
Der, 1886; and whereas. default has been made
in the payment of the yearly interest due upon
the nG, secured on safd ya mortgags II the
payable, on or before three years after date,
with interest at Per cent. payable annually,
and byas provision OF said mortgage authority
case oik}lch def sult, to sell the premises here
matter described at public auction and convey
the same to the purchaser in fee simple agree
ably to fhe statute In such case made and pro
vided; and whereas, by reason of said default,
there is claimed to be due and is due at the
date otAthis notice upcn said note and mort
gage the sum OF S120 interest and no proceed
lngs at law or otherwise have been instituted
10 recover the debt secured by said mortgage
OF any part thereof.
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given that
by virtue of power of sale in said mortgage
contained, and pursuant to the statute in such
case made and provided, the said mortgage
will be foreclosed aud the lands therein de-
sclibe1, to wit: Lot six L6l in block one III in
Garhejf, Avenue addition to Minneapolis; also
lot twenty-one [2l] il, block three [3] of Avery s
Chicago Avenue addition in said city, botn in
the county Of Hennepin and State of Minne-
sofa, according to the piats of said additions on
file in the Registers Office OF said county,
will be sold by the Sheriff of Hennepin county
at public auction to the highest bidder for cash
at theHron, door of the court house, in the city
oil Minneapolis, in said county, on Monday, the
Eth day of March, 1887, at 10 O'clock a. nl., to
payand satisfy the amount which will then be
due M upo, said mortgage. and the debt thereby
secured and the costs and expenses Of said
sale, incl,1di~ 6 the SUM Of twenty-five dollars
attorneys s fees stipulated in said mortgage.
Dated January H. 1887
DAVID F. AHERN,
The Irish standard., 1887-02-26
SUMMONS.

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Henne.
~ pin-District Court, Fourth judicial district.
Marie Fl. Nyborg, plaintiff, against Johan 81.
Nyborg, observation-disclosures.
PENDANT:
You are hereby summoned and required to
answer the complaint Of the plaintiff in the
beer, filed in the ot1ice Of the Clerk of said Dis
trict Court, at the city Of Minneapolis, county
Of Hennepin and State OF Minnesota. and to
serve a copy of your answer to said complaint
on the subscribers at their Office. in the city Of
Minneapolis, i'll the said county of Hennepin,
within thirty days after service OF this sum
mons upon YOU, exclusive Of the day of such
service; a1ld.if you fai! 10 answer the said COM
plant withinsthe time aforesaid, the plaintiff
in this action will-apply to the court for the
relief demanded in said complaint, together
With plaintiffs costs and disbursements herein.
Dated Jan. l4th, 1887.
ARCTANDER & ARCTANDER,
Plaintitf,s ATTORNEYS, AliullsapoliS. MINI.
The Irish standard., 1887-02-26
Plaintiffs Z
SUMMONS.

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, Hennepin County,
- CITY of Minneapolis, Municipal Court.
NJ. Essaff, Plaintiff. against S. M Wilieuen &
COMPANY, Defendants.
The Stale. Of Minnesota to the above named
DaIAylt;lnts:
and required TO answer the complaint of the
Piaira:!f in the above cutirled action, which
complaint has been filed in the office OF the
Clerk Of SAID Municipal Court at the City Of
Minneapolis, County Of Hennepin, and State
OF Minnesota and to serve a copy of your an
swerio suid complaint on the subs eriber at his
Office, j, the City Of Minneapolis, in the said
Coun; $ Of Hennepin, within ten days after
servi e 3f this summons upon you, exclusive Of
the l+y of such service; ana if you fail to On
swers e said complaint within the time afore-
said, g plaintiff in this action will take judg-
meni ;9ailist you for the sum OF Three Humid
red ers' scventy-Gve Dollars. lSa1500). with in
teresr;at the rate of per cent; per annum
since .he first day OF January, 1887, together
Dated January Sd, a. D. 1881.
JOHN T. BYRNES,
1.1o;,, uo,,,, o;-o
The Irish standard., 1887-02-26
ARMAGH.

The landlords and magistrates of Ar
magh are still praying Dublin Castle to
send more police into the county to
help to collect the rents.
The Irish standard., 1887-02-26
rHE IRIsH STANDARDS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1887

Of the l. n. T.. was held in the town
Hall. Kildare, under the Presidency OF
the Very Rev. M, J. Murphy. Great
indignation was expressed at the un-
seemly and unreasonable conduct Of
the agent, and it was unanimously re-
solved that every assistance should be
rendered by the branch to support the
tenants III their moderate claims. y
defense fund was inaugurated and $40
subscribed OH the spot. The tenantry
are determined to insist on to the last
resort on their reasonable demands:
and will stay at no sacrifice dictated
by reason and justice and patriotism,
to resent the indignity with which they
have been treated, and to vindicate in
their persons, and on the Hendrick pro-
per4y, the rights Of the tenant-fermers
Of Ireland.
The Irish standard., 1887-02-26
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE

HERRING s. COCHRAN. Assignee.
Attorneys for Assignee.
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The Irish standard., 1887-02-26

Mr.. 4. NJ. Healy was elected for Par
lament in the northern division OF the
County Longford. Tae vacancy was
caused by Mr.. Justin McCarthy's de-
cision to sit for Londonderry. ..
The Irish standard., 1887-02-26
Northern Pacific Railroad
NEW OVERLAND ROUTI

Portland, Oregon, and the Pacific Northwest
The 'sPioneer Line' between St. Paul, Min.
neapolis, Moorhead aud Fargo, and the ONLY
line running Dining Cars .a1ld Pullman Sleep
erS between those points